Table 2-8 Drive configurations
Configurati
on
Maximum
Front Drives
Maximum Rear Drives Maximu
m Built-
in
Drives
SATA/S
AS
DriveMa
nagemen
t Mode
Server with
eight 2.5-
inch drives
[1]
8 (SATA or
SAS drive)
I/O module 3: 4 (NVMe SSD) - One
RAID
controller
card
Server with
twelve 3.5-
inch drives
(expander) 1
12 (SATA or
SAS drive)
l I/O module 1: 2 (SATA or
SAS drive)
l I/O module 2: 2 (SATA or
SAS drive)
[3]
l I/O module 3: 4 (SAS/SATA
drive or NVMe SSD)
[2]
4 (SATA
or SAS
drive)
[4]
One
RAID
controller
card
Server with
twelve 3.5-
inch drives
(expander) 2
12 (SATA or
SAS drive)
l I/O module 1: 2 (SATA or
SAS drive)
l I/O module 3: 4 (NVMe
SSD)
- Two
RAID
controller
cards
Server with
twelve 3.5-
inch drives
(pass-
through) 1
[5]
12 (SATA or
SAS drive)
l I/O module 1: 2 (SATA or
SAS drive)
l I/O module 2: 2 (SATA or
SAS drive)
l I/O module 3: 4 (NVMe
SSD)
- One
RAID
controller
card
Server with
twelve 3.5-
inch drives
(pass-
through) 2
12 (SATA
drive)
I/O module 3: 4 (NVMe SSD) -
PCH
[7]
Server with
twelve 3.5-
inch drives
(pass-
through) 3
12 (SATA or
SAS drive)
I/O module 3: 4 (NVMe SSD) 4 (SATA
or SAS
drive)
Two
RAID
controller
cards
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